《新概念英语》第三册 Lesson 4 （附音频）

竹声

* L2 x% E5 C. K2 j+ X1 kLesson 4 The Double Life of Alfred Bloggs

Listen to the recording and answer the question below.
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. F* b) \2 I: V- X( @& WWhy did Alf want a white-collar job?

These days, people who do manual work often receive far more money than people who work in offices. People who work in offices are frequently referred to as "white-collar workers" for the simple reason that they usually wear a collar and tie to go to work. Such is human nature that a great many people are often willing to sacrifice higher pay for the privilege of becoming white-collar workers. This can give rise to curious situations, as it did in the case of Alfred Bloggs who worked as a dustman for the Ellesmere Corporation.

When he got married, Alf was too embarrassed to say anything to his wife about his job. He simply told her that he worked for the corporation. Every morning, he left home dressed in a smart black suit. He then changed into overalls and spent the next eight hours as a dustman. Before returning home at night, he took a shower and changed back into his suit. Alf did this for over two years, and his fellow dustmen kept his secret. Alf's wife has never discovered that she married a dustman, and she never will, for Alf has just found another job. He will soon be working in an office. He will be earning only half as much as he used to, but he feels that his rise in his status is well worth the loss of money. From now on he will wear a suit all day and others will call him "Mr. Bloggs”, not "Alf".

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竹声

This lesson is good for practicing the r sounds, such as collar, married, embarrassed, corporation, and worker. R is a typical challenging sound for us, and it can take a long time acquire. Please note that the English r is different from the Chinese r, as the tongue movements and positions are different.

Cathy-Chen

我将练习，一周把这段消化。。。谢谢

老李1

谁读的，听着别扭